This episode requires students to apply their knowledge of charged particles and fields.

Lesson 16-19

This episode discusses the idea of particle detectors and how to explain tracks, accompanied by a cloud chamber demonstration.

Lesson 16-19

This episode considers uses of lasers, and the underlying theory of how they work.

Lesson 16-19

Students need to move beyond the idea that nuclear changes are represented solely by alpha, beta and gamma decay. There are...

Lesson 16-19

In this episode, you can look at the different features of the core of a nuclear reactor, and explain its operation using your...

Lesson 16-19

Hundreds of nuclides are known; this episode looks at the pattern of stability using an N-Z plot, and considers the need for...

Lesson 16-19

This episode discusses: mass defect and atomic mass units; and, fission and fusion linked to binding energy. And is...

Lesson 16-19

Protons, neutrons and electrons are familiar particles of matter. However, students are likely to have heard of other...

Lesson 16-19

The purpose of this episode is to introduce the lepton family, and also to bring in the idea of anti-particles, which...

Lesson 16-19

This episode considers both hadrons and leptons in particle reactions. Students must take account of both conservation of...

Lesson 16-19

You need to check your own specification here for details of what students will need to do in examinations, and to look at...

Lesson 16-19

This episode discusses: quantisation; energy levels in a hydrogen atom; and, distinguishing quantisation and continuity. And...

Lesson 16-19